UK’s FTSE 100 heads for 11th positive session in best run since 2019 The U.K.’s FTSE 100 was 0.4% higher at 9:50 a.m. in London, putting the blue chip index on track for its eleventh straight session in the green. Gains at the Monday close would extend its best winning run since December 2019, when…
Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Friday’s key moments. 1. Stocks are mixed Friday, as Wall Street wraps up a strong week that has sent the S & P 500 up nearly 4%. A belief that U.S.-China trade tensions…
The busiest week of the earnings season is here, as investors look to some of the biggest companies in the world for guidance on how the global trade could impact their bottom lines. More than 160 S & P 500 members are slated to report, including Apple, Meta Platforms and Microsoft. Around 180 companies have…
The stock market bounce last week showed once again just how dependent Wall Street has become on the whims of the White House. Case in point: The S & P 500 sank more than 2% this past Monday as President Donald Trump was attacking Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and providing scant details on tariff…
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Meta Platforms — The Facebook and Instgram parent jumped about 3%. Meta cut staff in its Reality Labs division, CNBC reported. Alphabet – The Google and YouTube owner climbed more than 4% after first-quarter results topped Wall Street expectations. Alphabet earned $2.81 per share on $90.23…
The market’s leading tech stocks don’t hold the same sway they once did, and that may change the ingredients needed for a Wall Street rally. The Roundhill Magnificent 7 ETF (MAGS) — which holds shares of Microsoft , Apple , Alphabet , Tesla , Amazon , Nvidia and Meta Platforms in roughly equal measure —…
Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day: 1. High hopes Markets posted gains on Wednesday, but the major stock indexes closed well off their highs. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 419.59 points, or 1.07%, after previously trading more than 1,100 points higher. The S&P 500, meanwhile, climbed 1.67%, and the Nasdaq Composite rallied…
Stocks were coming to life once again. This time, it was all about updates on two of the darkest clouds hanging over this bruised market — the 145% tariff rate on China imports and the future of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Following similarly strong gains in the prior session, the Nasdaq and S &…
CEO of Alphabet and Google Sundar Pichai meets Polish Prime Minister at the Chancellery in Warsaw, Poland on March 29, 2022. Mateusz Wlodarczyk | Nurphoto | Getty Images As Google heads back to the courtroom Monday, the company is arguing that the U.S. needs the company in its full form to take on chief adversary…
In a volatile moment for the market, we took a modified approach to our Monthly Meeting for April, with Jim Cramer and Director of Portfolio Analysis answering more questions from members than usual. We used their responses to put together a rapid-fire update on most stocks in the portfolio – and while a few names…